Flights to the other world are best served with Bulgogi

So I am here. As in Cheonan, as in this is crazy. I am going to put up a series of posts and get some pictures up in good time. So calm down. Part One: the flight.

Here's a good summary of overseas flights: You get settled in, read a little, watch a sweet in-flight movie ("Fool's Gold" anyone?) drink a soda, take a nap, and when you wake up, YOU STILL HAVE 8 HOURS LEFT. That's right. I have found hell and it's traveling over the Bering Sea while trying to close your eyes for a long enough time so that you won't kill yourself when you finally land, and it never happens.

It's a good thing that Korean Air has the best flight attendants I have ever seen, in my life. First, they are the classiest broads ever. Their uniforms are a turquoise military-style satin shirts and khaki (in either pencil skirt or chino form). Their hair is perfectly coiffed and accented with what looks to be a sideways cursive "l", which I would get caught on everything if I had to wear it.

Looks aside, these women are impressive. Not a hair out of place for the entire 13 hour trip. Here's a breakdown of what they did. Upon getting on the plane, I was given a pillow, blanket, mineral water, eye-mask, socks, toothbrush and toothpaste, with handy sack to put these in. Then came the first series of drinks, with ginger ale in cans that look like Red Bull. I wanted to keep mine, but thought better of it. Then came a "refreshing towel", to clean off and get myself ready to sit for longer than in humanly possible. Then dinner (I choose the Bibimbap, a rice with veggies and what I think was beef, which I tried to eat around) with wine. After this, they bring around coffee and tea on trays. This was only 4 hours into the trip. They brought around water, juice, bananas and bread with meat surprises in them about every half hour or so. This proceeded for sometime with another meal, that I couldn't eat because my efforts to avoid meat were ruined and I became slightly (actually very) sick.

Their diligence didn't end there. Should you want for anything, they were there, waiting for their commands. When I wanted another Ginger Ale disguised as Red Bull, they got one from first class, because in Korea everyone is first class. The most impressive act wasn't even for my benefit. A family was sitting diagonal from me. This woman had an infant and 3 other kids. The stewardess promptly pulled out a crib that hooked onto the wall, and made a bassinet for this child, making sure it would be comfortable. If there was a crying child, they would attend to them. I half expected to wet-nurse the baby when it was crying.

So all in all, the service was great, my health was not. I didn't puke which was good and I sat next to a woman and her 3 year-old daughter, Irene who conversed with me on the various interesting facts about rainbows, lizards and salamanders. We had a good time, until I had to use the lavatory every half hour.